In a recent release published by Site Magazine, Milledgeville & Baldwin County made the list of nationally ranked Top Micropolitans of 2014. Ranking was determined by number of new and expanded corporate facility projects and Milledgeville & Baldwin County is ranked 74 out of 576 micropolitans in the nation. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, “a micropolitan area contains an urban core of at least 10,000 residents but less than 50,000 in total population.” This community is representative of the typical micropolitan, an area located well outside of a metropolitan area and within a largely rural county.

“We are committed to the expansion of local business and industry and our proud of the two expansions that occurred in 2014,” says Matt Poyner, executive director of the Development Authority of the City of Milledgeville and Baldwin County. “Our approach to economic development is twofold. We facilitate the success, growth, and retention of local companies by providing services, solutions, and support to meet their needs. Additionally, we focus on recruiting new business and industry which creates local jobs and expands our local economic base.”